LOS ANGELES - A lawsuit was filed July 19 in Los Angeles County Superior Court by the law firm Lurie & Park LLC on behalf of three people who placed deposits towards condominiums at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas ( Wendy Na, et al. v. Deutsche Bank, et al. , No. BC441872, Calif. Super., Los Angeles Co.). The complaint alleges that Deutsche Bank, Nevada Property 1 LLC, Nevada Voteco, LLC, 3700 Associates LLC and...

KENOSHA, Wis. — An outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) at a restaurant in Kenosha , Wis., has been linked to the recall of 380 million eggs and nearly 300 illnesses in the rapidly widening nationwide outbreak tied to Wright County Egg company. A lawsuit originally filed July 22 in the Kenosha County Branch of the Wisconsin Circuit Court against the restaurant was filed in amended form April 18 to include...

NEW YORK - An amended complaint filed in a federal lawsuit alleges that the U.S. Census Bureau ignored a pointed, detailed warning by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that its screening process for hiring more than 1 million temporary census workers could result in massive racial and ethnic discrimination ( Johnson, et al. v. Locke , No. 1:10cv3105, S.D. N.Y.). A coalition of civil rights...

IRVINE, Calif. - Uniloc USA Inc., a pioneer and leader in physical device recognition anti-fraud technology, has sued Sony Corp. of America, Sony DADC, McAfee, Activision, Quark, Aspyr Media and Borland Software Corp. for their alleged unauthorized use of Uniloc's patented anti-piracy product activation method and system ( Uniloc USA, Inc., et al. v. Sony Corporation of America, et al. , No. 6:10cv373, E.D. Texas...

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio - An Ohio victim of the Salmonella outbreaks linked to Taco Bell filed a food poisoning lawsuit in the Court of Common Pleas of Scioto County, Ohio, on Aug. 16 ( Tammy Hale, et al. vs. Yum Brands Inc., et al. , No. 10CIC00032, Ohio Comm. Pls., Scioto Co.). The lawsuit was filed against the food chain's parent company, Yum! Brands, on behalf of Scioto County resident Tammy Hale by Bill Marler of...

CHICAGO - Hunton & Williams LLP and its client Insight Equity have been slapped with a $150-million lawsuit by Minerals Development & Supply Company for alleged tortious interference of a contract, aiding and abetting the commission of a tort and civil conspiracy ( Minerals Development & Supply Company, Inc. v. Hunton & Williams LLP , No. 2010CV000428, Wis. Super., Monroe Co.). The suit was filed July...

LOS ANGELES - Carney R. Shegerian, an employee rights attorney and founder of Shegerian & Associates, has announced the filing of a civil rights lawsuit on behalf of model Shane Stirling against the television game show The Price Is Right alleging discriminatory, harassing and retaliatory conduct based on her pregnancy, sex and gender ( Shane Stirling vs. CBS Corporation, et al. , No. BC442846, Calif. Super., Los...

PHILADELPHIA - A Pennsylvania woman is suing Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, alleging that a person in a Donald Duck costume touched her breast and molested her at Epcot Center in Florida two years ago ( Magolon v. Walt Disney Parks And Resorts, Llc , No. 2:10cv3937, E.D. Pa.). April Magolon, 27, of Upper Darby says she was at Epcot on May 20, 2008, with her young children and fiancé and approached a Disney employee...

PHILADELPHIA - Allegations of a blatantly unsafe tourist duck boat and a tug boat operating "blind and deaf" while pushing a city-owned sludge barge are detailed in a sweeping wrongful death complaint filed Aug. 10 in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas by lawyers representing the families of the two Hungarian student-tourists who drowned July 7, 2010, when the barge rammed the duck boat in the Delaware...

FRANKFORT, Ky. - The first Salmonella lawsuit has been filed in the pair of Salmonella outbreaks that has sickened 155 people in 21 states. The lawsuit was filed against Yum! Brands (the parent company of Taco Bell) in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Franklin County Circuit Court. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a Scott County resident by food safety law firm Marler Clark . The Centers for Disease Control (CDC...

LOS ANGELES - The nation's first class action lawsuit on behalf of immigrant detainees with severe mental disabilities was filed Aug. 2 by a coalition of legal organizations led by Public Counsel, the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP ( Jose Antonio Franco-Gonzalez, et al. v. Eric Holder, Jr., et al. , No. 10-CV-02211 DMG [DTB], C.D. Calif.). Others participating...

SANTA ANA, Calif. - A class action lawsuit was filed Aug.2 in Orange County Superior Court by Callahan & Blaine against some of California's largest distributors and retailers of extra virgin olive oil ( David W. Martin v. Carapelli USA, Llc , No. 2010-00395464, Calif. Super., Orange Co.). According to Daniel J. Callahan of Callahan & Blaine in Santa Ana, lead counsel for the plaintiffs, "The Defendants...

NEW YORK - Murray, Frank & Sailer LLP on Aug. 4 filed a class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation publicly traded securities between June 12, 2009, and June 9, 2010. The complaint seeks damages for alleged violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ( Harris, et al. v. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, et al...

NEW YORK - Plaintiff firm Weitz & Luxenberg P.C . announced Aug. 3 the filing of a third lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on behalf of thousands of fishermen and others whose jobs are affected by the BP oil spill off the Gulf Coast ( Le, et al. v. BP Exploration & Production Inc. , et al., No. 2:10cv2114, E.D. La.). The lawsuit, filed July 28 by Weitz & Luxenberg...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles P.C. on July 26 filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama against British Petroleum and Nalco Company ( Wright, et al. v. BP Plc, et al. , No. 1:10cv397 , S.D. Ala.). The firm represents class representatives Glynis Wright and Janille Turner , who claim personal injuries and property damage...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Heirs to the Herzog Collection, the largest private art collection in Hungary before World War II, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia July 27 to seek the return of artworks they say have been illegally held by Hungary since the Holocaust ( David L. de Csepel, et al. v. Republic of Hungary, et al. , No. 1:10-cv-01261, D. D.C.). The heirs are also demanding a full and...

LOS ANGELES - The Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund (MALDEF) and the law firm of Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson P.C. on July 13 filed a class action lawsuit in Alameda County Superior Court on behalf of employees of 24 Hour Fitness USA Inc. alleging discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin and gender ( Fulcher v. 24 Hour Fitness , No. RG10524911, Calif. Super., Alameda...

NEW YORK - The trustee of the estate of the late English author Adrian Jacobs on July 13 filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Harry Potter's U.S. publisher, Scholastic Inc., for alleged infringement of copyright in the series by J.K. Rowling ( Allen v. Scholastic Inc. , No. 1:10cv5335, S.D. N.Y.). The estate claims that Rowling copied a substantial part of Jacobs'...

LOS ANGELES - A class action lawsuit filed July 20 alleges that Spokeo.com publishes false and misleading personal information about millions of people without appropriate notice or consent ( Thomas Robins v. Spokeo, Inc. , No. 2:10cv5306, C.D. Calif.). The lawsuit alleges that Spokeo aggregates data from many online and offline sources - some known and many unknown - and publishes the data online, in violation of...

CHICAGO - ESPN reporter Erin Andrews filed a civil lawsuit July 15 in the Circuit Court of Cook County alleging negligence, negligent infliction of emotional distress and invasion of privacy against several hotel entities and claiming negligence, invasion of privacy (intrusion of seclusion and public disclosure of private facts) and intentional infliction of emotional distress against a man who allegedly videotaped her...

NEW ORLEANS, La. - The law firm of Berman DeValerio has filed a securities fraud lawsuit against BP plc, expanding the complaint to cover certain investors who acquired BP stock as early as mid-2005 ( The Oklahoma Police Pension & Retirement System v. BP, et al. , No. 2:10-cv-02013, E.D. La.). The complaint, filed on behalf of the Oklahoma Police Pension & Retirement System, includes investors who purchased...

LOS ANGELES - The national plaintiffs' law firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP recently announced several lawsuit filings against Zimmer Inc., the nation's largest producer of orthopedic devices, over the allegedly defective hip implant manufactured and sold by Zimmer under the brand name Durom Cup. The Durom Cup was first sold in the U.S. in 2006, and was implanted in more than 12,000 patients...

RICHMOND, Va. - Philip Morris USA (PM USA) on July 8 filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York against Mastic, N.Y.-based G Talks Smoke Shop for allegedly selling counterfeit versions of the company's Marlboro brand cigarettes ( Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Williams, et al. , No. 2:10cv3122, E.D. N.Y.). According to the company: The lawsuit is aimed at stopping the sale of...

BELLEVUE, Wash. - The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) has filed a federal lawsuit against Westchester County, New York, and its handgun permit licensing officers, seeking a permanent injunction against enforcement of a state law that allows carry licenses to be denied because applicants cannot show "good cause" ( Kachalsky, et al. v. Cacace, et al. , No. 10cv05413, S.D. N.Y.). SAF is joined in the lawsuit...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Military families having children with autism have filed a class action lawsuit against the Department of Defense, alleging that the DoD and its health benefits division, TRICARE, have wrongfully refused to provide insurance coverage for applied behavior analysis therapy (ABA) ( Berge v. United States of America, et al , No. 10-cv-00373-RBW, D. D.C.). According to the families: ABA therapy is...